I agree. He was nearly giving it away and this would truly be stealing it.
Besides, with Solarspeed providing compatible packages and also pretty much
supporting BlueOnyx, I think we owe it to support those who are supporting
us.
On 2/12/09 10:48 PM, "Doug Harvey" <dwh1958 (at mark) gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan would be correct on this. As a once full time photographer and having to
> deal with copyright issues on a daily basis, Brian would be considered the
> copyright holder of his creative works. It would be up to him to determine
> if he wanted to issue a "use license" or to sell the license to the software
> he created.
>
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Kriwitsky [mailto:webhosting (at mark) yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:09 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:15029] Re: NuOnce Software
>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Lucas Peyatt - Ohio Web Hosting & Development <> wrote:
>
>
>> Since NuOnce has gone out of business, Its software packages
>> should now be
>> classified as "abandonware" since the company
>> that created them no longer
>> exists.
>>
>> What is your thoughts on that?
>>
>> If enough people agree someone could start a repository of
>> NuOnce software.
>
> That would be illegal in most countries. The only way software becomes
> public domain is when the author makes it public domain. AFAIK, it's still
> owned by the author regardless of whether he continues to sell it.